Rea Garvey

The popular saying goes “No man is a prophet in his own land” and that’s precisely the case for Irish singer-songwriter Raymond Michael “Rea” Garvey (May 3, 1973), who rose to prominence as the frontman for acclaimed German pop rock band Reamonn. In addition to his rock credentials, he has also collaborated with countless mainstream pop acts such as Nelly Furtado (2006’s “All Good Things (Come to an End)”), Paul van Dyk (2007’s “Let Go”) and Mary J. Blige (2010’s “Each Tear”), and was a judge on the first two seasons of the reality show The Voice of Germany. A Carlow native, Garvey formed the Dublin-based rock band The Reckless Pedestrians in the early 90s and then relocated to Berlin, where he worked as a roadie before fronting the alternative rock five-piece Raemonn. Spearheaded by Garvey, the band went on to score five Top 5 albums and several Top 15 singles before calling it quits in 2011. That same year, he made his official solo debut with the platinum-selling Can't Stand the Silence, which climbed up to Number 4 in Germany. He continued his winning streak with Pride (2014), Prisma (2015), and Neon (2018), all of which entered the Top 5 in the German Albums Chart. Preceded by the singles “Talk to Your Body,” “Hey Hey Hey,” and “The One,” featuring Vize, fifth album Hy Brasil hit the shelves in 2020 and peaked at Number 7 in the German charts.